Fractional Technical Leadership, Artificial Intelligence, and Flexible Development
Services by the Hour
Why Choose Fractional Leadership and Flexible Development?
In today's world, many SMEs cannot afford full-time technical direction or a development team. Yet, expert guidance in tech adoption, operations, and strategy is essential. Our fractional technology direction, fractional operations direction, fractional Artificial Intelligence direction and development services offer a cost-effective solution. Access professionals without the commitment of a full-time salary.
What Sets Us Apart?
At Tech on Tap, we go beyond advisory services. Our fractional leaders are committed partners in your success. Immersed in your organization, our proven Technical Directors, Operational Directors, A.I. experts, and developers offer hands-on experience and strategic guidance. Whether it's navigating tech changes, optimizing operations, or fostering innovation, our team is dedicated to delivering for your business.
Tech on Tap operates uniquely with strategic locations in both the United Kingdom and Spain. This dual presence allows us to offer services across Europe, fostering collaboration, cross-border partnerships, and access to highly talented resources from a much larger technical pool than one country alone.
How it Works
- All our services are provided by the hour. You only pay for the time you need.
- Only a small number of hours with an ongoing engagement can provide huge benefit to any size business.
- Keep costs low, and provide the strategic or operational benefits you require.
- All the benefits below are applicable to all our clients, from startups through to established small, medium and large businesses.
- Minimise risk. All our agreements can have monthly break clauses where appropriate.
- Whatever your budget or requirement, contact us for a quick chat and we can work out how we can help.
The Process
- Speak to us about your requirements and we will assess how we can help and come up with a proposal based on your aims and budget.
- If you like our proposal, we agree a working schedule and kick off meeting.
- During the engagement, if you need to change just ask!
- You want to stop? No problem, our agreements have the option of a monthly break clause.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Can you guarantee times/days? Sometimes! We will always try to accommodate when we can.
- What if I want to increase/reduce scope/times? Just ask, and we work with you to accommodate.
- Will I get a defined person? Sometimes! Our service provides continuity and we are a close working team, so you can be assured we will provide the best service for your business.
- Can we meet face to face? Sometimes! The nature of our business means that the vast majority of our work will be remote. But there are always exceptions depending on need and location.
- Can I afford it? The beauty of fractional services is that you can get instant benefit for minimal outlay. You can start with as little as an hour a week and grow from there!
Fractional Benefits
- Cost Efficiency: Access skilled professionals on a part-time basis, reducing overall costs.
- Expertise: Tap into specialized skills without the need for full-time commitments.
- Flexibility: Scale workforce based on current needs, providing adaptability to unpredictable workloads.
- Focus on Core Competencies: Allocate resources to core functions while outsourcing specialized tasks.
- Rapid Deployment: Quickly engage fractional services to address specific needs in the dynamic startup environment.
- Risk Mitigation: Mitigate risks associated with full-time hires, such as turnover and disruptions to workflow.
- Scalability: Easily scale up or down to adapt to the evolving needs of the startup.
Our Comprehensive Services
The Team
Simon Oddy
Simon has over 30 years experience in the software industry. Reaching the end of his MSc in Artificial Intelligence with the University of Bath, Simon brings together cutting edge A.I. techniques and his knowledge of technical solutions, technical process and leadership skills to provide a holistic service.
Simon has 20 years running private business and leading the delivery of software solutions to emergency services control rooms in the U.K. and internationally. Simon is a recognised agile change consultant, and has spent many years leading the transformation of departments to agile work practices (waterfall to Scrum and Kanban, and touch points to all other business areas). Simon has extensive experience in software and systems delivery to customers demanding quality software solutions with 99.999% uptime requirements, and has over nine years experience leading and managing onshore and offshore teams across multiple time zones.
Israel Menis
Israel has over 20 years of experience leading teams and designing high-performance solution architectures in the software industry. Working in various sectors during his professional life, Israel has a depth of vision, demonstrating how to connect business needs with results and costs through the use of the most appropriate technology for every project and business model. Israel is dedicated to getting the most out of the engineering team in programming and quality, cloud infrastructure practices, product development and data architecture.
From the beginning of his career, Israel has worked to understand how technology companies work, and to find the gaps where they can be improved to optimize profitability. Motivated by continuous improvement and the search for the ideal balance between quality and cost, Israel has worked with several companies over the last decade and half while maintaining technological KPIs. Combining these with the philosophy of giving each team the tools to continue progressing has always resulted in innovative progress.
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1 Queen Square
Bath
BA1 2HA
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(+44) 1225 683 171